Chapter 346: A bargain and a selection
Not perfect enough?
Ruger inwardly curled his lip. Naturally, he only did so in his mind this time. He still had to show a Wizard basic respect. He was, after all, a polite, cultured Kobold.
As for so-called perfection, Ruger believed that, most of the time, it meant spending vast amounts of time and resources drawing endlessly closer to an ideal goal, closer and closer still-not taking home something with the word "perfect" carved into it.
Ruger glanced to either side.
The two Wizard Apprentices looked much the same as he did: relaxed, their faces almost expressionless.
Anyone who had made it here would hardly be shaken by a Wizard's simple assessment.
"Demons. No one among the Demon Hunter Wizards is unfamiliar with that word. Although I cannot sense any obvious demonic power in the three of you, I imagine you already know something about demons. You should all know how demons are born, and you should also know that, on occasion, special circumstances arise, and unusual individual demons are born into this world. Unlike conventional succubi or brute demons, they do not exist as entire races. Those unique individuals cannot form a race. Sometimes, from their birth until their death, there is only ever that one in the world..."
The middle-aged Wizard spoke slowly before the three of them.
His sharp eyes took in every subtle change in their expressions.
Ruger was rather bewildered at first, but the mention of unusual demons brought a glimmer of understanding. He thought of the Demon Dice in his possession, that peculiar Oddity, cruel yet full of opportunities. The Demon Dice had been formed from six very unusual, playful little demons.
Oddities came into being in all sorts of ways. Countless methods could never be replicated,